Civil Rights in the US

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Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King Jr. and Thurgood Marshall were three of the key players in our country’s 1960s civil rights movement. Yet thousands upon thousands of people — black and white — banned together, one struggle at a time to fight for the rights of African Americans.

How much do you know about the major events in civil rights history? Take the quiz below to find out.

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Question 1 of 10

1. Question

What did the landmark Supreme Court decision in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, KS do?

Banned segregation in public schools

Allowed busing of students to other districts

Made classroom recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance mandatory

Validated affirmative action programs

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In 1954, the Supreme Court ruled that segregation among races in public schools was unconstitutional. Prior to that, many children, particularly in the South, attended public schools that were segregated by race. The ruling brought in large-scale desegregation in schools.

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In 1954, the Supreme Court ruled that segregation among races in public schools was unconstitutional. Prior to that, many children, particularly in the South, attended public schools that were segregated by race. The ruling brought in large-scale desegregation in schools.

Question 2 of 10

2. Question

What did Alabama seamstress Rosa Parks refuse to do in 1955, galvanizing the civil rights movement?

Drink from a different water fountain

Use the colored only washroom

Take her daughter to a blacks-only school

Get to the back of the bus

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For years, blacks were not allowed equal treatment across the South and were effectively separated from whites. Blacks were not allowed to sit wherever they wanted and had to sit in designated areas on public transportation. In 1955, Rosa Parks refused to give up her bus seat to a white man, launching a boycott of Montgomery’s bus system and the eventual desegregation of the buses. Martin Luther King Jr. first came to prominence with the bus boycotts.

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For years, blacks were not allowed equal treatment across the South and were effectively separated from whites. Blacks were not allowed to sit wherever they wanted and had to sit in designated areas on public transportation. In 1955, Rosa Parks refused to give up her bus seat to a white man, launching a boycott of Montgomery’s bus system and the eventual desegregation of the buses. Martin Luther King Jr. first came to prominence with the bus boycotts.

Question 3 of 10

3. Question

Why did President Eisenhower have to send in federal troops to Little Rock, Arkansas in 1957?

To force whites to allow blacks to vote

To help bring nine black students into an all-white high school

To quell street riots after whites and blacks started fighting

To integrate the public transportation system

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Despite the Supreme Court’s ruling three years earlier that forbade segregation in schools, desegregation proved to be difficult. Nine black students were blocked from entering all-white Central High School on the orders of Arkansas governor Orval Faubus. Under the watchful eyes of 1,000 troops of the 101st Airborne Division of the U.S. Army, the students entered the school on Sept. 25, 1957.

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Despite the Supreme Court’s ruling three years earlier that forbade segregation in schools, desegregation proved to be difficult. Nine black students were blocked from entering all-white Central High School on the orders of Arkansas governor Orval Faubus. Under the watchful eyes of 1,000 troops of the 101st Airborne Division of the U.S. Army, the students entered the school on Sept. 25, 1957.

Question 4 of 10

4. Question

What did four black North Carolina students do in a Woolworths that was so remarkable in 1960?

Buy prescription drugs

Boycott the store

Sit at a lunch counter

Wait on white customers

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At the time, lunch counters in the South were whites-only. In 1960, four black students sat quietly at the lunch counter at the Greensboro Woolworths. When the police refused to arrest them, the managers of the store shut down early. Word spread and soon black and white students were staging sit-ins at segregated public places.

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At the time, lunch counters in the South were whites-only. In 1960, four black students sat quietly at the lunch counter at the Greensboro Woolworths. When the police refused to arrest them, the managers of the store shut down early. Word spread and soon black and white students were staging sit-ins at segregated public places.

Question 5 of 10

5. Question

What were freedom riders trying to do when they began traveling across the South in 1961?

Come to the rescue of persecuted demonstrators

Spread the word about the importance of racial equality

Escort prominent civil rights leaders to safety

Test a court ruling forbidding segregation on interstate buses

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Student volunteers set out to test a Supreme Court ruling that forbade segregation on interstate transportation. Interracial groups of whites and blacks traveled together on buses headed for the South, in what was dubbed “freedom rides.” In Alabama, the freedom riders were met with violence, with one bus stoned and firebombed, and the riders of another bus severely beaten by mobs. As a result, laws were passed later that year backing up the original Supreme Court ruling.

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Student volunteers set out to test a Supreme Court ruling that forbade segregation on interstate transportation. Interracial groups of whites and blacks traveled together on buses headed for the South, in what was dubbed “freedom rides.” In Alabama, the freedom riders were met with violence, with one bus stoned and firebombed, and the riders of another bus severely beaten by mobs. As a result, laws were passed later that year backing up the original Supreme Court ruling.

Question 6 of 10

6. Question

Where did Martin Luther King Jr. deliver his famous “I Have a Dream” speech?

Birmingham, Ala.

Nashville, Tenn.

Selma, Ala.

Washington DC

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In 1963, nearly a quarter of a million people went to the nation’s capital to make a stand on civil rights, in what’s known as the March on Washington. Congregating on the Mall, they listened to King deliver his famous speech in front of the Lincoln Memorial.

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In 1963, nearly a quarter of a million people went to the nation’s capital to make a stand on civil rights, in what’s known as the March on Washington. Congregating on the Mall, they listened to King deliver his famous speech in front of the Lincoln Memorial.

Question 7 of 10

7. Question

What happened on Bloody Sunday?

Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated

Malcolm X was assassinated

Civil rights demonstrators were beaten by the police

Riots broke out in the inner cities

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Demonstrators set out from Selma, Alabama to Montgomery, Alabama in support of voting rights. On Bloody Sunday, the 600 marchers were stopped on a bridge leading out of Selma, where they were whipped and clubbed by the police. Three attempts were made, with the last march growing in size to 25,000 people and successfully reaching Montgomery.

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Demonstrators set out from Selma, Alabama to Montgomery, Alabama in support of voting rights. On Bloody Sunday, the 600 marchers were stopped on a bridge leading out of Selma, where they were whipped and clubbed by the police. Three attempts were made, with the last march growing in size to 25,000 people and successfully reaching Montgomery.

Question 8 of 10

8. Question

What did the Civil Rights Act of 1964 make illegal?

Segregation in public places

Discrimination against black voters

Bans on interracial marriage

None of the above

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President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the act in 1964, forbidding the segregation of the races and making it illegal in public places such as movie theaters, public transportation, lunch counters, schools and public restrooms. Prior to the act, the South had separate bathrooms, water fountains and other public areas for blacks and whites.

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President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the act in 1964, forbidding the segregation of the races and making it illegal in public places such as movie theaters, public transportation, lunch counters, schools and public restrooms. Prior to the act, the South had separate bathrooms, water fountains and other public areas for blacks and whites.

Question 9 of 10

9. Question

What did the Voting Rights Act of 1965 make illegal?

Whites-only primaries

Literacy tests

Discrimination against black voters

All of the above

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Congress passed the Voting Rights Act in 1965, forbidding common practices in the South that made it nearly impossible for blacks to vote, such as paying poll taxes in order to vote, literacy tests and other bureaucratic impediments. Prior to that, in states like Mississippi, as little as five percent of eligible black voters were registered to vote.

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Congress passed the Voting Rights Act in 1965, forbidding common practices in the South that made it nearly impossible for blacks to vote, such as paying poll taxes in order to vote, literacy tests and other bureaucratic impediments. Prior to that, in states like Mississippi, as little as five percent of eligible black voters were registered to vote.

Question 10 of 10

10. Question

What did the Civil Rights Act of 1968 do?

Lift the immigration ban on non-English speakers

Ban discrimination against blacks in the housing market

Ban discrimination against blacks in public places

Integrated the workplace

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The Civil Rights Act of 1968, signed by Lyndon B. Johnson, forbade the discrimination against blacks in the housing and rental market. Blacks were having difficulty obtaining home loans and finding places to live due to discrimination by potential sellers, agents and landlords. The act made all of those practices illegal.

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The Civil Rights Act of 1968, signed by Lyndon B. Johnson, forbade the discrimination against blacks in the housing and rental market. Blacks were having difficulty obtaining home loans and finding places to live due to discrimination by potential sellers, agents and landlords. The act made all of those practices illegal.